The people of the town of Velingrad, southern Bulgaria, known for its healing mineral water, have sent a note to all state institutions demanding the cessation of the concession for the mining of tungsten in the region, granted to a company from Plovdiv.
Part of the future mine will be in close proximity to the town‘s water catchment area. The ore mining will affect another 15 towns and villages in the area as well. A petition, supported by 11,000 people from Velingrad points out that the mine will inflict permanent damage on nature and will impair quality of life, BNR-Pazardzhik reports.
Thousands of Bulgarians took part in the national commemoration in the historic area of Oborishte in the Pazardjik region , where the first session of the first Bulgarian National Assembly was held in April 1876. Its deputies decided to proclaim the..
About 800 thousand Bulgarians migrate every year as seasonal workers. This was stated by Valentina Vasilyonova, President of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions in Agriculture at CITUB. According to her, north-west Bulgaria (the poorest..
54% of employees in Bulgaria say they are looking for a new job while they are in their current position , and the main reason for this is the pursuit of a higher salary. This is according to a survey by a Bulgarian start-up company that connects..
30% of the hotels in the Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach open in the beginning of May. These are mostly high-class hotels for which reservations have been..
In May, natural gas will cost 54.70 Leva (EUR 27.93) per MWh, excluding the cost for access, transit, excise and VAT, the Energy and Water Regulatory..
A decision of the government from its meeting on April 30 to give the green light to the construction of a private general hospital..
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